Turkey and Regional Energy Security on the Road to 2023, Summer 2013

The vision of being a top-10 economy in the world by 2023 implies that Turkey will undertake a remarkable economic transformation in the years to come. Supplying sustainable oil and gas for its booming economy over the coming decades will be one of Turkey’s greatest challenges. As a result of its geopolitical environment, Turkey faces many important challenges and opportunities related to energy. Of these, the Southern Gas Corridor is most likely close to the top of the list. BP and its partners in Azerbaijan are developing a giant natural gas project, Shah Deniz Stage 2, which will open up the Southern Corridor and, for the first time in history, deliver gas from the Caspian Sea to Europe.

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Bud E. Fackrell

This issue of TPQ takes up a myriad of issues that the Middle East is grappling with today: from protracted conflicts and the increasing complexity of proxy wars, to changing regional blocs and emerging powers. The Arab uprisings of 2011 remain an important fulcrum for the changing political landscape of the Middle East, and as many of our authors contend, the underlying problems and basic drivers...